The Fernseh AG

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company was registered in

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on July 3, 1929, by

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and D.S. Loewe as partners. John Baird owned Baird Television Ltd. in

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, Zeiss Ikon was a camera company in

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, D.S. Loewe owned a company in Berlin and Robert Bosch owned a company,

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, in

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. with an initial capital of 100,000

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. Fernseh AG did research and manufacturing of television equipment.

Etymology

The company name "Fernseh AG" is a compound of ''Fernsehen'' ‘television’ and ''

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(AG)'' ‘joint-stock company’. The company was mainly known by its German abbreviation "FESE". See section see also on this page for other uses.

Early years

In 1929 Fernseh AG's original board of directors included:

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, Oliver George Hutchinson (for Baird), David Ludwig Loewe, and Erich Carl Rassbach (for Bosch) and Eberhard Falkenstein who did the legal work.

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worked alongside the early Bosch company. Much of the early work was in the area of research and development. Along with early TV sets (DE-6, E1, DE10) Fernseh AG made the first "Remote Truck"/" OB van", an "intermediate-film" mobile television camera in August 1932. This was a film camera that had its film developed in the truck and a "telecine" then transmitted the signal almost "live".

Fernseh GmbH

*In 1939

took complete ownership of Fernseh AG when Zeiss Ikon AG sold its share of Fernseh AG. *In 1952 Fernseh moved to

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, and increased its broadcast product line. *In 1967 Fernseh, by then commonly called "Bosch Fernseh", introduced color TV products. Fernseh offered a full line of video and film equipment:

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s, VTRs and

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devices. On August 27, 1967, the first color TV program in Germany aired, with a live broadcast from a Bosch Fernseh outside broadcast (OB) van. The networks ZDF, NDR and WDR each acquired a new color OB van from Bosch Fernseh to begin broadcasting in color.

Fernsehanlagen GmbH

In 1972 Robert Bosch renamed its TV division: Fernsehanlagen GmbH (Fernseh facilities). The company supplied almost all the studio equipment for the

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in Munich. The Darmstadt HQ had over 2000 employees in 1972. In 1972 Fernseh started to manufacture

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TV studio equipment for

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Fernseh Inc.

*In October 1979

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's TeleMation Inc. Division located in

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, entered a joint venture with

, Bosch's Fernseh Division. The new joint venture was call Fernseh Inc., Bosch Fernseh Division was located in

*In April 1982 Bosch fully acquired Fernseh Inc., renaming it "Robert Bosch Corporation, Fernseh Division" *In 1986 Bosch entered into a new joint venture with

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Broadcast in

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. This new company was called

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or BTS inc. Philips had been in the Broadcast market for many years with a line of PC- and LDK-

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s and other video products. *In 1995 Philips Electronics North America Corp. fully acquired BTS Inc., renaming it Philips Broadcast-Philips Digital Video Systems. Philips sold many of the Spirit DataCines. *In March 2001 this Philips division was sold to

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, the Division was call Thomson Multimedia. In 2002, the French electronics giant Thomson SA also acquired the Grass Valley Group from a private investor that had acquired it three years earlier from

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in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. The current name of this division of Thomson is Grass Valley. The Fernseh's

factory, near the Darmstadt Train Station and European Space Operations Centre was moved a short distance to Weiterstadt,

. (Later, Grass Valley was sold to Belden on February 6, 2014. Belden also owns Miranda.) *Thomson Film Division, located in Weiterstadt including the product line of Spirit DataCine4k, Bones Work station, Scanity realtime film scanner and LUTher 3D Color Space converter, was sold to Parter Capital Group. The sale was made public on Sept. 9, 2008 and completed on Dec. 1, 2008. The new Headquarters was still in Weiterstadt, the former Bosch Fernseh — BTS factory. Parter Capital Group continued to have worldwide offices to support products from Weiterstadt, Germany. The new name of the company is Digital Film Technology. DFT Digital Film Technology became part of a new company: Precision Mechatronics GmbH in Weiterstadt, Germany. On October 1, 2012 Precision Mechatronics and DFT were acquired by Prasad Group, part of

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. In 2013 DFT moved from Weiterstadt to Arheilgen-Darmstadt, Germany.

Products

*Home

Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

sets (later moved to the Blaupunkt Division) (1930- ) *Home

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s (later moved to the Blaupunkt Division) (1930- ) *

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Tube tester *Early mechanical Camera for

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1938, "Universal mechanical scanner" *

Intermediate film system The intermediate film system was a television process in which motion picture film was processed almost immediately after it was exposed in a camera, then scanned by a television scanner, and transmitted over the air. This system was used principa ...

for Remote Truck (

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) *"Farvimeter" a universal electrical testing device (1947) *"Farvigraph" a universal

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(1949) * Slide scanner for station ID and test patterns (1955) *Filmgeber Film Chain F16LP15 Analog *Fernseh Theater TV system, 1935 * TV transmitter 1944 *

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, B&W Video switcher * Sound recorder — player, Diaabtaster DAT15, Fernseh *B & W Film Chain *OMY Color Film Chain - Analog * BCM-40 and B&W BM-20

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1966-70s *B & W cameras like Videokamera s/w K11 VK9 HA * M series monitors *TV

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s * Television standards conversion(1970s) Analog Model NC 56 P 40, with

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tube camera inside. * Transcoder to convert PAL to

and SECAM to PAl. (1972) *BCR pre BCN VTR *BCN series

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(1979–1989) Analog VTR *KC series color

KCU-40, KCR, KCK-40, KCK-R-40, KCP-40, KCP-60, KCA, KCF-1, KCM-125, KCA, KCN92, KCN(1967–1990), *Color film chain, with KCU-40 camera *MC series color and B&W Video monitorMC-37, MC-50 MCH 51, MH 21 *OB Van - TV Remote Trucks - and Terminal Rack Equipment *RME series Mixers — Switcher -

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, Analog *FDL-60

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- The world's first CCD

(1979–1989) *FRP-60 Color Corrector-

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(1983–1989) * FDL-90

(1989–1993) (now under BTS) * Noise/Grain Reducer: FDGR, DNR7, MNR9, MNR10, MNR11, VS4, Scream, Scream 4k *KCA-110 ENG Camera *KCF-1 ENG Camera (later Quartercam, not sold) * CCIR 601 Products CD7, DC7, 4X4 Booster, Test Gen. Encoders, Decoders. *DD series CCIR 601- D1 Mixers -

DD5, DD10, DD20, DD30 *DCR series D1 VTR DCR-100 DCR-300 DCR-500 * BCH 1000

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1" VTR *KCH 1000 HDTV camera (RMH 1000) * FLH 1000

The world's first

CCD

(1994–1996) * Quadra 4:4:4

(1993–1998) *

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Uncompressed

VTR (VooDoo)-(

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Data Recorder (2000–2006) (Now under Philips) * Spirit DataCine Motion picture film scanner and

SDC-2000 (1996–2006) also: SDC2001, SDC2002 * Phantom Transfer Engine Software for Spirit Datacine

for Virtual telecine(1998-) *

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HDTV

STE (2000–2006) *VDC-2000 Specter Virtual telecine (1999–2002) *Specter FS Virtual telecine (2002–2006) * Spirit DataCine 4k Datacine -

(2004-2014) also Spirit Spirit 2k/Spirit-HD (now Under Thomson-Grassvalley) *Bones Linux-Based Software for Spirit Datacine

Transfer Engine Software (2005-2014 ) * Bones Dailies (2008-2014) *LUTher 3D LUT Color Space (2005-2013) * Flexxity (2011-2014) * Scanity film scanner (2009- ) (Now under DFT) * Phantom 2: Linux-Based transfer Engine software and workstation for Spirit Datacine (2014-)dft-film.com, Phantom-II in pdf
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Photo gallery

File:Robert Bosch mit Hut 1888 - 10031.jpg, Robert Bosch in 1888 Image:Zwischenfilmverfahren.svg, Intermediate film system for first Remote Truck (1936) - movie camera; 2 - film processor; 3 - washing bath; 4 - film drying compartment; 5 - telecine; 6 - monitor; 7 - video output; 8 - sewage; 9 - plumbing. Image:BOSCH 2 ZOLL QUADRUPLEX BCM 40.jpg, BOSCH Quad VTR Model BCM 40 Image:Films_shown_in_television_transmission,_1956_(21699275565).jpg, Fernseh GmbH Telecine with a Pantason 16 mm film projector in 1956 Image:Orthikon_television_camera,_1957_(29408138332).jpg, Orthikon Camera in 1957 Image:MTV_stúdió,_Fernseh_GmbH_gyártmányú_kép-_és_hangrögzítő_(telerekorder)_berendezés._Fortepan_56517.jpg, Fernseh GmbH TV recorder at MTV Studio in 1958 in

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Image:BOSCH 1 ZOLL B BCN 51.jpg, BCN 51 Fernseh VTR Image:Bcn-scanner-head.jpg, Type B video Scanner Head from DC Video

Image:Fdl60-cap-gate.JPG, Bosch Fernseh FDL 60 Telecine Film Deck and Lens Gate Image:FRP_60_Control_Panel_Bosch_Fernesh.JPG, FRP 60 Control Panel, Bosch Fernesh File:BCN 52 type B VTR.jpg, BCN 52 VTR File:BCN 20 VTR L unit playback.jpg, BCN 20 VTR with "L unit" playback with TBC. Image:BCN-20-VTR.jpg, BCN 20 VTR hand held VTR recorder. File:BCN-20-VTR-CLOSEUP.jpg, BCN 20 VTR deck File:BNC HDTV VTR-type B deck.jpg, BCH-1000 HDTV B VTR Image:BOSCH QUATERCAM.jpg, QUATERCAM BCF studio VTR (Lineplex system) Image:BOSCH BTS D1 DCR 500.jpg, D1 DCR 500 VTR Image:Bosch Fernseh en grúa.JPG, BOSCH KCK-40 Image:Hdtv-camera-Bosch-KCM-125.jpg, KCM-125 SDTV camera with a Schneider Optics Lens Image:Fernseh-Studiokamera aus den 1950ern.jpg, KOD 3 television studio camera from 1958 in the Museum Hamburg Image:Bosch Fernseh HQ Darmstadt Germany.jpg, Bosch Fernseh HQ_Darmstadt, Germany Image:Bosch street sign Darmstadt Germany.jpg, Bosch Fernseh HQ street sign Darmstadt Germany Image:Fernseh inc logo.jpg, Fernseh Inc. Logo Image:Bosch_Video_Corp_logo.jpg, Bosch Video Corp. logo Image:D6-VTR-Tape Deck-part.jpg, D6 VTR Tape Deck Image:D6-VTR-Scanner.jpg, D6 VTR Scanner, removed Image:D6-VTR-Tape Deck-inside.jpg, Inside a D6 VTR Tape Deck File:D6 VTR Full 2 parts.jpg, D6 VTR full unit Image:SDC-2000 Spirit DataCine Telecine.JPG, SDC-2000 Spirit DataCine Film Deck File:BTS Quadra 444 Telecine.JPG, Quadra Telecine Film Deck Image:Sdc-fcp-control panel.JPG, SDC-2000 Spirit DataCine Functional Control Panel-FCP Image:Spirit Datacine 4k doors closed.jpg, Spirit Datacine 4k with the doors closed Image:Spirit Datacine 4k doors open.jpg, Spirit Datacine 4k with the doors open.jpg Image:Telecine site 1.jpg, A Shadow Telecine in a color correction suite. Image:Shadow telecine (6498603509).jpg, Shadow Telecine Image:GCP-Datacine-IMG 8756.jpg, GCP for a Spirit Datacine Image:Scanity_Film_Scanner_-_DFT.jpg, Scanity Film Deck Image:Cinelicious Scanity 4k.jpg, Cinelicious Scanity 4k and work station Image:Bosch_Logo_Stuttgart.JPG, Bosch Logo

Offices

Past and current offices in the cities of acquisitions (see History): *

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(Thomson World Headquarters) *

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- from TeleMation Inc -

* Beaverton,

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, United States- from

* Nevada City,

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, United States — from Grassvalley Group *

- from Philips -

* Weiterstadt -

from Bosch Fernseh-(DFT), * In 2013 DFT moved from Weiterstadt to Arheilgen-Darmstadt, Germany.

References and notes

External links

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